Improvement in gates



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN FLLNNER, OF MLLLERSBURG, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,825, dated March 5,1878; application filed December 10, 1877.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FLINNER, of Millersburg, in the county ofHolmes and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Gate;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andcomplete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of the same.

Figure lis a front view of the gate. Fig. 2 is a view looking upon thetop thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The novelty of this invention consists in the peculiar devices foropening the gate, which openin gis effectedbyaplatform-lever attached toa sliding bar, and to which bar the upper rail of the gate is connectedby a link, whereby the gate is opened by standing upon a platform.

The construction of the gate and the operation of the same is more fullydescribed and set forth, as follows:

The gate above alluded to consists of two sections, A and B, the onesection being substantially the duplicate of the other, thereby making adouble gate. G and D are the posts, to which the gates, respectively,are attached by pivoting the rails E in the post at the points a. In theposts are grooves for the admission of the ends of the rails," as seenin Fig. 2 at D. The cap of the post is represented as removed, that thegroove may be seen. F are the headposts of the gate, and to which theends of the rails E are pivoted at b, thereby making a loose or freejointed gate, of which the supporting-posts C and D are the heel-posts.

G, Fig. 1, is a sliding bar,.the ends of which are respectively insertedin the posts, and are free to move vertically therein. The upper rail ofeach of the gates is attached, respectively, to the ends of the slidingbar by rods or links c, Fig. 1. One rod only is shown. A portion of theposts is represented as broken away, that the rod and its connection tothe rail E and the bar may be seen.

To the middle of the bar referred to is hinged at one end a platform, H,Fig. 2, whereas the opposite end rests upon the ground, as shown in Fig.3. A similar platform is hinged to the opposite side of the bar, therebymaking two inclined planes or approaches to the gate, one on each side,as shown in Fig. 3.

Having described the construction and arrangement ofthe gate, thepractical operation of the same is as follows:

A person approaching the gate walks up the platform, and by his weightdepresses the end thereof hinged to the bar G. As a consequence, the bargoes down with the end of the platform, thereby drawing upon the rod c.This downward pulling of the rod elevates the outer ends of the gates byvirtue of its connection to the upper rail E on the outer side of thepivotal point a. Both gates, being actuated at the same time and by thesame agency, are elevated together, and drawn back toward the posts sofar as to make ample room between them for the person to pass through,which, on being done, and the person stepping from the platform, thegates, by their gravity, close again to the position shown in thedrawing.

By the above-described device for opening the gate the hands are notrequired for that purpose. Hence a person having a load occupying thehands can pass through without stopping to open the gate; also, a persontrundling. a wheelbarrow or other similar vehicle need not stop to openthe gate, but can pass directly through.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In connection with the jointed gates A and B, pivoted to the posts C andD, the bar G, links c, and platform H, constructed and ar ranged tooperate substantially as herein described, and for the purpose setforth.

JOHN FLINNER.

Witnesses H. REED, D. W. VAN EVERA.

